It is bad when we have any monopoly. It is potentially disasterous when it is of by the the government ——as it is in our school systems. Most of our public schools are very good. That is irrelevant however. First, it is about income redistribution. Everyone pays thru (largely land taxes) whether they use the schools or not. Second, the …
It is bad when we have any monopoly. It is potentially disasterous when it is of by the the government ——as it is in our school systems. Most of our public schools are very good. That is irrelevant however. First, it is about income redistribution. Everyone pays thru (largely land taxes) whether they use the schools or not. Second, the dollars it costs per student are not transferable thus locking in parents who simply want freedom of choice. 3) This becomes an enormous disincentive for the creation of “small school businesses” as the parents have to extra. 4) the wealthy who can afford private schools get an advantage—-it is not that they should not have that opportunity—-it is that all people—who in fact most already pay—-do not have that opportunity. 4) not only is it a monopoly, but schools give themselves the right to what they want —from science to language all the way to propaganda 5) while this is democrat controlled—-and self reinforcing due to 99% of teacher union political contribution goes to Democrat party—-it is unclear if a party change could make a difference. It is a difficult story to,tell, we are ingrained in free school for life (it’s not free, and public schools will not disappear—-they would get smaller,however). Further, I,am not sure there is enough demand to change. My guess is 20% would chose differently —-and if successful that would grow—-but minorities tend to get ignored.
It is bad when we have any monopoly. It is potentially disasterous when it is of by the the government ——as it is in our school systems. Most of our public schools are very good. That is irrelevant however. First, it is about income redistribution. Everyone pays thru (largely land taxes) whether they use the schools or not. Second, the dollars it costs per student are not transferable thus locking in parents who simply want freedom of choice. 3) This becomes an enormous disincentive for the creation of “small school businesses” as the parents have to extra. 4) the wealthy who can afford private schools get an advantage—-it is not that they should not have that opportunity—-it is that all people—who in fact most already pay—-do not have that opportunity. 4) not only is it a monopoly, but schools give themselves the right to what they want —from science to language all the way to propaganda 5) while this is democrat controlled—-and self reinforcing due to 99% of teacher union political contribution goes to Democrat party—-it is unclear if a party change could make a difference. It is a difficult story to,tell, we are ingrained in free school for life (it’s not free, and public schools will not disappear—-they would get smaller,however). Further, I,am not sure there is enough demand to change. My guess is 20% would chose differently —-and if successful that would grow—-but minorities tend to get ignored.